Cyclone Fengal: Dams let out surplus as Fengal fills up storage
The water levels have also exceeded the buffer storage capacity in the Krishnagiri Reservoir (52 ft) and the Pambar Reservoir (19.60 ft), both located...
Harsh bail conditions rob liberty of prisoners from poor strata, say...
18 Nov 2024 1:30 AM'Bail is the rule' order of courts only on paper leading to a high 70% of undertrials languishing in prisons, it is pointed out
Nearly blind, immobile, but 87-year-old remains in jail as officials...
18 Nov 2024 1:30 AMBlind (visually challenged) or decrepit prisoners” should be considered for premature release, according to Rule 631 of the state’s Prisons Rules.
DT Next Impact | 12 years a prisoner: Incarcerated woman gets help...
14 Nov 2024 1:30 AMDGP Dayal also directed the officers to identify such incarcerated people who remain in Central Prisons across Tamil Nadu despite having secured bail,...
Abandoned by family and with no bail money, TN woman in jail for 300...
13 Nov 2024 1:30 AMConvicted of killing her two-year-old daughter in September 2012, the woman had her sentence suspended and given bail in December 2023
25,000 under-trials including 830 in TN languish in jails despite bail
11 Nov 2024 1:30 AMAccording to the report which cited data from High Courts across India, 24,879 UTPs who were granted bail remain behind bars as of December 31, 2023....
First desilting planned for TN's largest reservoir Mettur dam, may...
9 Nov 2024 12:20 AMThe initiative aims to restore its full storage capacity which currently stands at 224.47 thousand million cubic feet (tmc).
4 yrs after amicus curiae report before HC, jails in Tamil Nadu remain...
7 Nov 2024 12:30 AMFour years ago, an 18-page amicus curiae report revealed the inhuman living conditions of inmates in prisons across Tamil Nadu. Fast forward to today,...